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Deanie Richardson is a GRAMMY-nominated fiddler, IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year (2020), and co-founder of the award-winning Sister Sadie—IBMA’s first all-female Entertainer of the Year. A Grand Ole Opry performer since age 13, she’s toured with The Chieftains, Bob Seger, and Vince Gill, and appeared on major stages from Carnegie Hall to Royal Albert Hall. She’s recorded or performed with Patty Loveless, Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart, Del McCoury Band, Travis Tritt, Ry Cooder, Hank Williams Jr., and many more.
Kimber Ludiker, a fifth-generation fiddler from Spokane, WA, began playing at age 3 and is now a 3 time National Fiddle Champion. She founded Della Mae, a GRAMMY-nominated all-woman group that has toured 20+ countries with the U.S. State Department. A dedicated teacher, Kimber was named 2022 IBMA Mentor of the Year and directs CBA’s Youth Academy, Ashokan Bluegrass Camp, and IBMA’s Kids on Bluegrass.
Partnered as educators with the IBMA’s Kids on Bluegrass program, they began exploring the demanding world of twin fiddling and eventually formed a plan to record their unique approach to twin fiddles, one that marks them not only as virtuosic performers, but as innovators, too.
